"In most of the markets where Radio One has stations, it doesn't have direct competition," said Ron Rodrigues, editor in chief of the trade publication Radio & Records.
But then again, there is something to be said about not having direct competition.
"I don't think we have direct competition, but [there are other players] in some verticals.
It's a big deal in the wrestling world because it marks the first time WWE has had direct competition since it purchased WCW in March , 2001
And it's not like Wavii doesn't have direct competition from similarly sized startups as well — Trap.it and Uberpaper are just the first that come to mind, and there are many more where those come from.
Regardless of who was the initial inventor of these plastic gonads, neither took kindly to having direct competition.
Portrait art in North America was shaped on the foundations of traditional European art however, it has almost always had direct competition with photography which could reproduce a likeness quicker and in more cases than not exacting.
"You have to have a lot of emotion to think about the soundtrack and the colors and everything," said Martyne Gagnon, who has directed the competition since 1998 and is herself a licensed pyrotechnician.
Restricting interchangeability limits the competition which has direct economic consequences.
